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Today Caillois is remembered for founding and editing Diogenes, an interdisciplinary journal funded by UNESCO, and La Croix du Sud ( Southern Cross ), a collection of books translated from contemporary Latin American authors published by Gallimard that is responsible for introducing authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier and Victoria Ocampo to the French-speaking public.
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Today, as new nations rise from the former colonial empires, nationalism is one of the hurricane forces loose in the world.
Today our surging strength is apparent to everyone.
Today the recreational boating scene is awash with heartening statistics which prove the enormous growth of that sport.
Today, the boat, on its trailer, is brought to the gear and loaded at the door.
Today, according to land economist Homer Hoyt, shopping centers and their associated parking lots cover some 46,000 acres of land, which is almost exactly the total land area in all the nation's Central Business Districts put together.
Today he is a major -- in the Regular Army.
Today Northern Vietnam is overtly Communist ; ;
Today Sukarno's government is heavily besieged by avowed Communists, and for all of its `` neutralist '' pretensions, it is a firm ally of Soviet policy.
Today, Africa is swerving violently away from the West and plunging, it would seem, into the Soviet orbit.
Today it is up for grabs.
Today many college bound students try to take a course in personal typing, as they feel a certain degree of mastery of this skill is almost essential for one who proposes to do academic work in college and a professional school.
Today the yearly import into the United States of locust bean gum is more than 15 million pounds ; ;
Today it is occupied by the French Embassy.
Today, by contrast it is a lively and colorful fruit, vegetable, and flower market.
Today Dogtown is the only deserted village in all New England that I know of.
Today however, the `` outsider '' is likely to have professional qualifications of the highest order ( otherwise the college would not be interested in hiring him ) and to be acclimatized to the democratic processes of the secular or state university.
Today, more than ever before, the survival of our free society depends upon the citizen who is both informed and concerned.
Today the cancer is gone.
Today, in the era of the integrated musical when an individual song must contribute to the over-all development of the show, it is understandable that a song, no matter how excellent it may be on its own terms, is cut out because it does not perform the function required of it.
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Today Ahmed I is remembered mainly for the construction of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque ( also known as the Blue Mosque ), one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture.
Today, she is remembered chiefly for her alleged affair with a Buddhist monk named Dōkyō ( 道鏡 ), a man she honored with titles and power.
Today, Holt is mainly remembered for his somewhat controversial role in expanding Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, for his famous " All the way with LBJ " quote, and for the sensational circumstances of his death.
Today, he is probably best remembered for his feuds with Dante, who placed him in the Eighth Circle of Hell in his Divina Commedia, among the simonists.
Today in Scotland, Bruce is remembered as a national hero.
Today, Gropius is remembered not only by his various buildings but also by the district of Gropiusstadt in Berlin.
Today he is primarily remembered for his connection to St Edmund Hall, Oxford, St Edmund's College, Cambridge and St. Edmund's College, Ware.
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Today Benito Juárez is remembered as being a progressive reformer dedicated to democracy, equal rights for his nation's indigenous peoples, his antipathy toward organized religion, especially the Catholic Church, and what he regarded as defense of national sovereignty.
Today this skirmish is remembered as ' The Battle of the Narrows '.
Today, the city has a strong sense of historic preservationism and is remembered for the Battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812, as well as being the childhood residence of George Armstrong Custer and other members of his family, including his wife Elizabeth Bacon and brother Boston Custer.
Today, Young is most remembered as the affable insurance salesman in Father Knows Best ( 1949-1954 on radio, 1954-1960 on television ), for which he and his co-star, Jane Wyatt, won several Emmy Awards.
Today, they have been merged again under the name of the fox, but the goose is remembered by the name of the star α Vulpeculae: Anser.
Today, he is best remembered for his hit recording of " Sixteen Tons ".
Today it is remembered for its association with Mardi Gras in New Orleans ; it became the signature song for the Rex Krewe.
Today the founding day of Germantown on October 6, 1683, is remembered as German-American Day, a holiday in the United States, observed annually on October 6.
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Today Collins is remembered primarily as a fascist editor and publisher who detested both capitalism and communism and counted many pre-War writers as his friends or colleagues.
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Today, she is remembered in Angola for her political and diplomatic acumen, great wit and intelligence, as well as her brilliant military tactics.
Today he is remembered by a bronze statue, unveiled by the Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1997, outside the house in Gough Square he shared with Johnson and Barber, Johnson's black manservant and heir.
Today they are remembered for their corrupt rule during the reign of Alexander VI.
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Today principally remembered by a hotel named after him in Minneapolis.
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